2023-06-07T11:48:19-07:00 2022-12-31 823771232 JOYCE ZHU CPA 21015 PATHFINDER RD STE 150 DIAMOND BAR CA 91765 990 2022-01-01 954585425 SPIRIT AWAKENING FOUNDATION SPIR 8664568002 12130 MILLENNIUM DRIVE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90094 Akuyoe Graham CEO and Director 2023-06-07 true Akuyoe Graham 999009999 true JOYCE ZHU P00370130 6269658381 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Akuyoe Graham PO Box 11643 Marina del Rey CA 90045 1102344 false X spiritawakening.org X CA See Schedule O 10 6 2 25 0 50886 239327 577617 606188 5766 95352 249978 723855 1101259 1000 0 0 118020 124722 0 25857 670781 835483 789801 960205 -65946 141054 305283 429750 39753 23166 265530 406584 Spirit Awakening Foundation is an arts based nonprofit dedicated to helping underserved young adults and children in the juvenile justice system heal from trauma, and realize their identity, value and self-worth. Since its inception in 1995, SAF has been a pioneer in developing and offering healing, restorative, transformative, trauma-informed programs to abused, neglected, underserved young people in Los Angeles County. For over 26 years, SAF has been teaching the "unheard, the power of authentic, positive expression. Utilizing meditation, self-reflection, creative writing, visual arts, mentorship, service and leadership training, Spirit Awakening Foundation builds character and raises self-esteem, one child, one being, at a time.As an organization founded and run by Akuyoe Graham, a woman of color (who hails from Ghana, West Africa), SAF exists to stand up against racism, inequality and injustice, all the while offering our young people tools and techniques needed to live in a more i false false 729414 606188 2022 Accomplishments:In 2022, Spirit Awakening provided its programs and services at: Barry J. Nidorf; Central Juvenile Hall; Dorothy Kirby Center; Frontier High School; John Muir High School Early College Magnet; New Earth YouthBuild, and; Whittier High School. Spirit Awakening also continued to offer its free virtual Mentoring Leaders Program in 2022 for youth and young adults residing in LA County.With support from its grantors, partnering agencies and community members, in 2022, SAF was able to provide: 65 financial aid stipends (totaling $11,380); one college-bound scholarship and; one new laptop to participants in its programs.With support from its partnering agencies, in 2022, SAF was able to take 102 participants on a total of 17 culturally and artistically, all expenses paid field trips in LA County.In 2022, SAF: provided 371 youth development through the arts and mentorship program workshops in public high schools and continuation high schools; hosted 54 virtual Mentoring Leaders Workshops and; was scheduled to offer 669 creative writing, visual arts and mentorship classes in the juvenile camps and halls.In 2022, SAF served roughly 969 program participants in public high schools, continuation high schools, community centers, and juvenile camps and halls throughout LA County.According to its 2022 final evaluation survey results, Spirit Awakening helped:93% of its surveyed participants be more likely to help others;90% do better in school;90% try harder to get good grades;90% make decisions in their best interest that keep them out of trouble;89% think about how things they do will affect them in the future;88% feel they are people of worth, equal to others;88% better understand who they are;88% be more satisfied with themselves;87% have a more positive attitude towards life, and;87% better express their thoughts, feelings and emotions.Spirit Awakening continued to work on completing its first feature film "Spirit Awakening" in 2022. The film project has provided employment opportunities and pathways to creative arts and entertainment careers for some of Spirit Awakening's past and current program participants by hiring and casting them in pivotal roles and also having them work in the film's Art Department to assist with storyboarding and animation. The film is about healing and transformation and is based on the critically acclaimed one-woman play (also called "Spirit Awakening") penned and performed by Spirit Awakening's Founder/CEO/Executive Director, Akuyoe Graham.In 2022, Spirit Awakening's Founder/CEO/Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer continued to serve on a number of councils, committees and advisory boards including the: LA County Office of Violence Prevention Community Partnership Council (and its subsequent committees); University of California, Riverside Extension - Women in Leadership Executive Program Advisory Board; University of California, Riverside Extension - Design Thinking Executive Program Advisory Board, and; United Sierra Education Center (USEC) School Site Council.In 2022, Spirit Awakening hired its first part-time employee (Director of Special Projects).In 2022, Spirit Awakening's Founder/CEO/Executive Director, Akuyoe Graham, was identified as one of the 20 most inspiring women entrepreneurs in The Women Leaders Magazine.In 2022, Spirit Awakening was selected for the Best of Santa Monica Nonprofit Award for the fifth consecutive year and received the Candid Gold Seal of Transparency on GuideStar.Spirit Awakening was able to successfully host its annual public celebration, Voices of the Unheard, virtually in November 2022 during which compilations of essays, poems and metaphysical musings written by incarcerated youth in SAFs programs were performed by guest artists and past/current program participants. 729414 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 25 0 false 2 false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 6 false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false true false false CA X Akuyoe Graham 3104066606 12130 MILLENNIUM DRIVE SUITE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90094 X Akuyoe Graham Board Member 55.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jason Smolanoff Board Member 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lynn Kitchen Board Member 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bertrand Christian Treasurer 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 India Radfar Interim Chair 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Nabwire Butali Secretary 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Hunter Formica Board Member 20.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Peter O' Fallon Board Member 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Aeron Pluto Brown Board Member 20.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Martha Della Scala Board Member 20.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 239327 239327 ARTS COMM 337130 337130 CAL WELL JOHN MUIR 80000 80000 LACOE 101513 101513 PROG DEVELOPMENT (FILM) 87545 87545 606188 5495 5495 0 0 0 1356 1085 271 271 271 33311 33311 0 0 Restricted Donations and Grant 216667 216667 216667 1101259 828621 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 115320 12006 103314 0 0 9402 9402 18523 18523 0 37046 20022 17024 0 0 0 671318 628193 21768 21357 8990 8890 100 6648 1029 5619 0 0 29165 18671 6094 4400 26349 25358 991 0 0 0 0 2143 2143 34804 3291 31513 Postage and Shipping 356 37 319 Printing and Publications 141 141 0 960205 729414 204934 25857 199776 325960 0 0 101161 99292 0 0 0 0 0 31196 26698 4346 4498 0 0 0 0 0 305283 429750 39753 23166 39753 23166 X 207992 349046 57538 57538 265530 406584 305283 429750 141054 X false false false X 688955 877764 782047 723855 865148 3937769 0 0 688955 877764 782047 723855 865148 3937769 0 3937769 0 0 0 3937769 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 26683 22185 4498 4513 4513 4498 false VOICES OF THE UNHEARD 33311 33311 33311 33311 33311 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The organization did research in house, which was based upon fees of consultants for the Los Angeles County Office of Educations. 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